Quote Originally Posted by shinta
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Quote Originally Posted by shinta
Let me rephrase then. Everyone just ran away and left Izuku to be crushed. He certainly wasn't making it out of there alive at the rate he was going. To top it all off, everyone else thought he was crap, so they knew he wouldn't be able to survive that robot.
That's true. I'll assume everybody else saw him even though only Speedy-kun (Applicant #7111?) is the only one we can confirm.

I do think that there is a difference between Speedy (not) saving Izuku and Izuku saving Ochaco though.

1) Izuku was frozen with fear, not a cement block. Arguably it doesnt' matter, but it gives the impression that it's "psychological" and that one can "get over it".

2) Izuku was further away to the machine than Ochaco. He was in less immediate danger.

3( Izuku feels he has personal responsibility towards Ochaco. She saved him from falling out of the kindness of her heart. He feels obligated to reciprocate that. I'm sure his hero complex would have driven him to help out anybody regardless, but nevertheless it's there and speeds up decision making.

Speedy-kun sees Izuku as a rival, and this whole thing as a competition. Not performing simply means you're not good enough. You chose to take this exam, after all.

The assumption here is that Ochaco would have been gravely hurt or even die by that machine. I'm not sure what the death toll of these exams are, but if the perception is that "she'll be fine" then a lot of this can be explained.

After all, I let my squad and other players die all the time in games since "they'll be fine" in the real sense. You wouldn't shouldn't bait your squad members in real life. Actually, you can bait them but it's not nice to let them bite.